Traveling Luck for Skara Brae Orkney Islands, United Kingdom

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Weather near Skara Brae Last report from Kirkwall Airport, 29.5km away

bay a coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.

• Bay of Skaill (1km)
• Kellyan Hellyan (4km)
• Garthna Geo (4km)
• Mar Wick (6km)
• Bight of Mousland (6km)
• Lyre Geo (6km)
• Birsay Bay (10km)
• Skipi Geo (10.1km)
• Hamla Voe (10.7km)
• Bay of Ireland (11.7km)
• Hoy Mouth (12km)
• Loop of Crooie (12.6km)
• Sel Wick (13.9km)

point a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape.

• Point of Howana Geo (2km)
• Cauldrus (2km)
• Verron (2.2km)
• Outshore Point (4km)
• Neban Point (6km)
• Neblonga (8km)
• Point of Buckquoy (10.1km)
• Whitaloo Point (10.4km)
• Bu' Point (11.2km)
• Nazegeo Point (12.3km)
• Skea (13.9km)
• Point of Oxan (14.1km)

rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.

• Latha Skerry (7.9km)
• Skrowa Skerry (8km)
• Braga (9.9km)
• Showbelly (12.1km)
• Barr Rock (12.6km)
• Hoy Skerries (13.9km)
• Skerry of Cletts (14.2km)
• Standard (14.5km)

cape a land area, more prominent than a point, projecting into the sea and marking a notable change in coastal direction.

• Row Head (0km)
• Inga Ness (4.1km)
• Marwick Head (6km)
• Breck Ness (9.9km)
• Brough Head (10km)
• The Ness (12.3km)

Accommodation around Skara Brae

Merkister Hotel Loch Harray Harray, ORKNEY

Houton Bay Lodge Houton Bay, Orphir

Houton Bay Lodge Houton Bay Orphir, Orkney

lake a large inland body of standing water.

• Loch of Stenness (8.6km)
• Loch of Boardhouse (8.9km)
• Loch of Harray (9.1km)
• Loch of Hundland (10.7km)
• Loch of Swannay (12.9km)

populated place a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.

• Birsay (10.1km)
• Navershaw (10.7km)
• Stromness (12.3km)
• Finstown (13.9km)

island a tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water.

• Mainland (8.6km)
• Inner Holm (10.7km)
• Outer Holm (12.6km)

sound a long arm of the sea forming a channel between the mainland and an island or islands; or connecting two larger bodies of water.

• Hoy Sound (12km)
• Burra Sound (14.1km)

rocks conspicuous, isolated rocky masses.

• Kirk Rocks (12km)
• Skerries of Clestran (13.9km)

ancient site a place where archeological remains, old structures, or cultural artifacts are located.

• Ring of Brogar (9.3km)

ruin(s) a destroyed or decayed structure which is no longer functional.

• Skara Brae (0km)

reef(s) a surface-navigation hazard composed of consolidated material.

• Bow of Hoy (13.9km)

harbor(s) a haven or space of deep water so sheltered by the adjacent land as to afford a safe anchorage for ships.

• Stromness Harbour (10.4km)

cliff(s) a high, steep to perpendicular slope overlooking a waterbody or lower area.

• Black Craig (8km)

bank(s) an elevation, typically located on a shelf, over which the depth of water is relatively shallow but sufficient for most surface navigation.

• Mallow Bank (13km)

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